Catie Curtis gives C’mon Butterfly a warm second-life wingspan

Catie Curtis’ C’mon Butterfly arrives on 21 June with the kind of emotional directness that only works when the artist has lived enough to mean it. Produced by Jamie Edwards and Curtis, the album features acoustic and resonator guitars, keyboards, percussion, electric guitar, drums, bass, strings and harmonies from an impressive circle including Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kristen Hall, Rose Polenzani and Maia Sharp. That cast gives the album a generous, community-rich texture, but the centre remains Curtis’ voice as a storyteller. The title suggests transformation, but not the glossy motivational-poster version. This feels more like the earned kind: fragile, patient and tied to real relationships. After decades of songwriting, Curtis still understands the power of making a song feel like a conversation rather than a performance. C’mon Butterfly sounds open-hearted without becoming weightless.

Source: https://catiecurtis.bandcamp.com/album/cmon-butterfly